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Four Angel Pagan Facts

I. Angel Pagan came to the plate in 93 double play situations in 2011. He grounded into four double plays. Overall, he maintained a 1.3% double play rate, which — surprise, surprise — ranks as the 17th lowest mark among MLB hitters with 500+ plate appearances last year. The average MLB player, given 93 chances to ground into a double play, would have grounded into nine.

II. By EqBRR, Angel Pagan has been worth +13.3 runs on the basepaths over the past couple seasons. Now, he’s obviously a speedy baserunner. He’s stolen 30+ bases in each of the last two seasons, and he’s done so at an 81% success rate. That’s not an outstanding success rate, but it’s good enough such that the value of his steals outweighs the cost of his occasional caught-stealings. But he’s also good at the stuff that isn’t so obvious. He’s good at going from first to third on a single. He’s good at advancing on the basepaths on a groundout. He’s good at tagging up on a flyout. And that adds up. In fact, he was so valuable on the basepaths in 2010 that he ranked second in the majors in EqBRR at +9.3 runs, right behind Michael Bourn.

I read regularly but have not posted before. Anyway, I want to thank you for the blog posts. They are quite informative. And thanks for this post in particular. I’m always interested in more advanced statistics and opponent RPA+ is a new one for me. Great work!

Been a fan of Pagan for a couple years now. Its interesting to me they tried to get him during the Beltran trade. If he hits spring training completely healthy he could be a force. He got pretty unhappy the way the Mets handled him last year, and it showed through a bit. This guy could be the “straw who stirs the drink” for the Giants, who have a big time collection of nice guys and need somebody who plays with some major attitude. Crazy Horse is that guy. He’ll make some highlights next year for sure.